22 cruiser Seattle to homer AK?

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toothy

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I have been clicking around C-D wise and saw it mentioned that 4 C-D 22's have made the trip from seattle to Homer, in the water . Has anybody heard of or done such a thing? That Cordova to Haines section looks a little open, exposed and desolate.

wade
 
Innerestin! 8) I have heard of this bad-assed "game warden" (years ago) that took a scanoe :shock: , from Homer to Seatle :xseek (I know :crook ) I think it's true though, there are enough peep talking about it, and one of them (a friend of mine lives in Ninilchick) I think actually knew the fella :!: . It can be done! He went (of course) in the prime of summer (when the water can be like glass out in the Gulf for days and days strait :love ) Bummed gas ofa tenders along the way when in need, and there probably was not much "need".
I wanted to do it! Actually I wanted to go from PWS to Hoonah (first stop---Yakatat!) I want to see Yakatat to! (Hubbard Glacier :thup )
 
I did the math and with some planning it would be possible. When you were almost to the 1/2 way point and a storm kicked up, might just make you nervous!! :shock: I just wondered if some of the folks mentioned elsewhere were on this board.

wade
 
You bet it can be done :thup Me thinks in a C-D it would be a piece of cake! :D

No the fella I was talking about don't even have a phone :| . I wish he were on here, he could tell a lot of great stories :roll: course he's got a good decade of living up here on me to :disgust . (grumble grumble :? :? )

I'm hopin-to-hell we move this year, otherwise I'd say this go for it! :thup :smiled June, July, August ... best months :hug2 :hug :hug :mrgreen: :beer :cigar
 
It's possible to make the gulf crossing in a C-Dory, certainly, but there is a very real element of risk. When I made the crossing before, it was in a 38-foot diesel powered full displacement commercial fishing boat. As much as I love my C-dory, that fishing boat inspired a little bit more confidence in really rough weather. On the days I made the crossing, I think a C-Dory could have done it just fine. But I also personally know people who have come to grief in the gulf, including an in-law whose remains were never found. There are so few places to find safe shelter, and you are so far away from assistance, that a problem that would just be inconvenient, or maybe expensive elsewhere would be a matter of life and death in the gulf. I have no doubt that the trip can, and probably has been done in a C-Dory, but it's an undertaking that demands full consideration and due respect.

Jim
 
Well said, Jim, and a voice of experience. Foolhardy ventures can be undertaken and perhaps survived (I have no doubt one could cross the Atlantic in a C-Dory drifting on the Gulf Stream, but the risk/reward ratio is screaming!) On each cruise aboard a boat, one should weigh the risk/reward and with good judgment, and luck, one will return to harbor with a smile.
 
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Don't get all worked up!
I don't know where you read I was going to try it. What I said was that I READ elsewhere on the net that it had been done. I thought there might be a good harrowing tale.

As long as my boat will fit on a trailer and there is a road around something like that, I personally will choose the road. One thing we can be assured of now, if there is such a person on this board, we will never hear about it now!

Too much caffeine and the wrong side of the bed DON'T MIX!

Wade
 
I still say Alaska should have seceded from the Union ages ago :roll: . Yes yes of course we all know the "dangers" that's what makes life worth living :shock: . And I'll kindly tell the coasties I am not accepting there "rescue" if I am not calling for it. If I choose to take risk and "go-out" that way (like a man with some balls left :x) then I will, and no one will know.

OK, lets here it from someone out there thats done it. My hats off to you :thup

Back on the subject (you nay-sayers need not take any interest :o ) Peep from Kodiak and Homer, used to take their skiffs back and forth, on occasion :xseek :thup . The stuff thats been done I have read in books is just amazing! The goldrush for example...

... and piss on the highway, I'd still rather go the gulf :o :o The border crossings are getting to be a real pain :x
 
Thanks for the support Mr. Fox sir!!
I like a little crazieness, it is like pepper for life. With out it why bother. The trick is knowing how much to add.

The Kodiak trip looks like fun but I probably shouldn't mention that here. :P
I promise to keep it parked in the drive! I promise to keep it parked in the drive!
I won't wax it because that might cause cancer! I won't wax it because it might cause cancer! OOP's that's because I'm lazy!!

Boat names: C-PEPPER

wade
 
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toothy":3cyep3bv said:
The trick is knowing how much to add.

The Kodiak trip looks like fun but I probably shouldn't mention that here. :P
I promise to keep it parked in the drive! I promise to keep it parked in the drive!
I won't wax it because that might cause cancer! I won't wax it because it might cause cancer! OOP's that's because I'm lazy!!

Boat names: C-PEPPER

wade
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You are most welcome my friend :thup kindred spirits perhaps :D If your going for anything big... do let us in on it here or there! lets show-em these C-D's have some balls :xseek :teeth :xnaughty :moon

Dogon... Nice name :thup yer gittin me inspired :idea "Lost-at-Sea... sounds like the-way-to-go- - - - - :hug

out... :bat
 
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